Election
Constituency

8. Baisinga

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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

OD-BAISINGA

PSP 28.1%won by 13.8%JAC 14.3%

What changed here

Derived

Praja Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.2% to 13.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 38.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJAC (JAC) finished second with 14.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.3% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
29,663
Margin
4,099
13.82%

Candidates

12 contested · winner PSP
  1. 1PRASANNA KUMAR DASHPraja Socialist Party · PSP8,32728.1%
  2. 2AJOY KUMAR DASHJAC · JAC4,22814.3%
  3. 3HARIHAR NAYAKIndian National Congress · INC3,88913.1%
  4. 4MANMATHNATH MISRAUTC · UTC3,79712.8%
  5. 5MOHESWAR PANDASwatantra Party · SWA3,30811.2%
  6. 6MOCHIRAM MAJHIJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,6965.7%
  7. 7GHASIRAM MOHANTAIndependent · IND1,1864.0%
  8. 8BARADA KANTA SADUALIndependent · IND1,1433.9%
  9. 9PANDA LOCHAN MOHANTAIndependent · IND8142.7%
  10. 10ARJUN MOHANTAIndependent · IND5671.9%
  11. 11RAGHUNATH DASHIndependent · IND3771.3%
  12. 12RAMAKANTA MOHANTAIndependent · IND3311.1%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
PSP
Winner now
PSP
PSP–JAC swing
−52.4%
PSP share
66.2% → 28.1%
JAC share
0.0% → 14.3%
Turnout
— → —
7. Muruda9. Khunta
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